Experienced Andriy Yarmolenko, winger of FC Dynamo Kyiv, scored a goal in the friendly match between the national teams of Poland and Ukraine, which took place on Sunday, May 31, in Wrocław.
Dynamo player started in the starting lineup of the “Yellow-Blues” and in the 44th minute finished Viktor Tsyhankov’s low cross from the left flank, sending the ball under the crossbar from the edge of the six-yard box while falling.
This goal became Andriy Yarmolenko’s 47th in the national team shirt (in his 126th match) and now he is only one goal away from the scoring record of Andriy Shevchenko, who has 48 goals for the Ukraine national football team.
In addition, by scoring against Kadra, winger became the oldest goalscorer in the history of the Ukraine national football team. He was 36 years, 7 months and 8 days old. The previous record also belonged to Andriy Shevchenko, who scored against Sweden at UEFA Euro 2012 at the age of 35 years, 8 months and 21 days.
It is also worth recalling that Andriy Yarmolenko is the national team’s all-time leading assist provider, with 26 assists to his name.
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